Meanings
plural subjugations
- countableuncountableThe act of subjugating.
- countableuncountableThe state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
1 more example
Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?
2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 164
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsubiugō“to subjugate”
- Latinsubiugātiō
- Englishsubjugation
From Latin subiugātiō, from Latin subiugō (“to subjugate”). By surface analysis, subjugate + -ion.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek καταστροφή
- καταστροφή (katastrophḗ)act of subjugating
Bulgarian подчиняване, поробване
- подчиняване (podčinjavane)act of subjugating
- поробване (porobvane)act of subjugating
- подчинение (podčinenie)state of being subjugated
Chinese Mandarin 征服, 制服
- 征服 (zhēngfú)act of subjugating
- 制服 (zhìfú)act of subjugating
- 制伏 (zhìfú)act of subjugating
Czech podrobení, poroba
- podrobeníact of subjugating
- porobastate of being subjugated
Finnish alistaminen, kukistaminen
- alistaminenact of subjugating
- kukistaminenact of subjugating
- vallanalaisuusstate of being subjugated
French assujettissement
- assujettissementact of subjugating
German Unterwerfung
- Unterwerfungact of subjugating
Hungarian meghódítás, leigázás
- meghódításact of subjugating
- leigázásact of subjugating
Italian soggiogamento
- soggiogamentoact of subjugating
Japanese 征服
- 征服 (seifuku)act of subjugating
Māori whakataurekarekatanga, pēhinga
- whakataurekarekatangaact of subjugating
- pēhingaact of subjugating
- tāmitangaact of subjugating
Romanian subjugare, subjugare
- subjugareact of subjugating
- subjugarestate of being subjugated
Spanish subyugación, sojuzgamiento
- subyugaciónact of subjugating
- sojuzgamientoact of subjugating
- subyugaciónstate of being subjugated
- sojuzgamientostate of being subjugated
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with subjugation
Cite this entry
subjugation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subjugation
“subjugation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subjugation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subjugation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subjugation.
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